kids’ summer reading guide (ages 0-12)

Remember reading is important year round, not just when school is in session.  Check out our kids’ summer reading guide.   It’s broken down by age groups with good recommendations for every age group between 0-12 years old.

Happy reading this summer!!

– Chai Mommas

Baby to 3

• Dancing Feet by Lindsey Craig and Marc Brown
• Time for Bed by Mem Fox
• We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Helen Oxenbury and Michael Rosen
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
• Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
• The Ten Little Ladybugs by Melanie Gerth
• Colors (Little Scholastic)
• Whose Mouse are You? by Robert Krause

Ages 4 to 6

• The Jellybeans and the Big Art Adventure by Laura Numeroff, Nate Evans
• Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
• The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
• The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywait
• The Berenstain Bears Collection by Jan Berenstain
• Chrysanthemum by Kevin Jenkes
• Anansi the Spider by Gerald McDermott

Ages 6-9

• Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
• Charlotte’s Web (Trophy Newbery) by E. B. White
• James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
• Flat Stanly by Jeff Brown
• How Much is a Million? by David Schwartz

Ages 10-12

• When Mikey Made The Rules by Helen Cassidy Page
• Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
• Harry Potter Collection by J.K Rowling
• Holes by Louis Sachar
• Summer Reading is Killing Me by Jon Scieszka